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No. 750,267. PATENTBD JAN. 26, 1904.

. T. DANIELS. BOOK'QOVER CLEANING AND POLISHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 30, 1903.

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Patented January 26, 1904.

PATENT OEEICE.

THOMAS DANIELS, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 750,267, dated January26, 1904.

Application filed June 30, 1903- Serial No. 168,732. (No model.)

To all whom it 1mm concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS DANIELS, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York,have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Book-CoverCleaning and Polishing Machines, of which the following is aspecification.

The present invention relates to means for cleaning and polishingbook-covers and the like, the object of the invention being toprovide amechanical means for doing what has hitherto been done by handwork andto secure a better, more uniform, and more economical result.

In bookbinding, many titles, illustrations, &c., are embedded in thesides of the binding in the so-called foils (Oeser leaf) and the surplushas to be removed. Heretofore this surplus has been removed by means ofbrushes and the like operated by hand, with the result that smallparticles of the foil adhere to the binding where it is not wanted andthat the brushing employed to remove such particles destroys the lusterof the foil embedded in the sides of the binding, as well as causing aragged appearance at the edges of the same. By the present invention thesurplus foil is expeditiously removed and the sunken parts are polishedand are left with clear-cut edges.

The invention consists of features of constructlon, arrangements, andcombinatlons of y I 0 fl devices herelnafter described, and moreparticularly described and pointed out in the appended claims.

One embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, forming part hereof, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation,partly in section; and Fig. 2 is a detail of an adjustment.

In the drawings the reference A marks a base, formed of any suitablematerial and in ably secured, and 5 marks a pulley by means of which abelt (not shown) communicates a rapid motion to the brush 4. For thepurpose of brushing and polishing the bindings of books the brush lisusually-made o-fa fine steel wire, the wires forming the brushprojecting radially and being soft rather than stiff. Below the brush Lis a round or other suitablyshaped rod 6, which is hinged to a plate 7.The plate 7 is slotted vertically and is adjustably connected with thefixed framework by screw-bolts 8, which pass freely through the slotsand engage with threaded holes in the frame. The rod or support 6 isoperated from a treadle 12 by means of a link 9, a lever 10, and a rod11, a spring 13 being employed to draw up the treadle when this isreleased and to draw the rod 6 down or away from the brush 4. Adjustablestop-screws 14 in the lever 10 coact with the base A or other part tolimit the motion of the lever 10, and so of the rod or support 6. 7

The detachable head O provides a means whereby the brush 4 may bereplaced by another, and the adjustable plate 7 and stops 14 provide forthe adjustment of the rod 6 so as to cause it to lie parallel with thesurface of the brush when the rod 6 is raised.

The operation of the above-described device is as follows: The treadle12 is released by the foot, thus allowing spring 13 (or the equivalentweight) to cause support 6 to drop away from the brush 4. Then the flatsides of the binding are slid in between the rapidlyre. volving brushand the support 6, after which the treadle is operated to raise thesupport 6 to the top limit of its motion, thus bringing the side of thebinding against the brush, and the binding is then drawn by hand outfrom between the brush and support in a direction contrary to that inwhich the brush revolves, or it may be drawn in the same direction; butthe first method is preferred, as the particles of the foil are therebythrown away from the operator.

v The result of the operation above described, which seldom requiresrepetition with one and the same side, is that every particle of foilnot sunk intentionally in the binding isremoved and the side and sunkenportions of the foil arepolished, and thus present a better and morepleasing-appearance. Morever, the operation is very short and is muchmore economical than the old hand methods.

The invention is not limited to the precise I form thereof shown in thedrawings and above descrlbed, since it may be embodied otherwise Iframework, a Worksupport hinged to said plate, and a treadle connectedwith and operating said support, substantially as described.

3. In a brushing and polishing machine for the use of bookbinders, &c.,the combination of a framework, a-rotary brush mounted therein, awork-support hinged at one end and having said hinge adjustablyconnected with said framework, a treadle connected with and operatingsaid Work-support, and an adjustable stop for limiting the motion ofsaid support toward said brush, substantially as described.

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York and State of NewYork, this 6th day of June, A. D. 1903.

THOMAS DANIELS.

Vvitnesses:

VVAsHING'roN PAGE, R. W. BARKLEY.

